Firefox won't remember cookies--I can't login anywhere...

Hello, I am having a unique and odd problem. FIrst, yes, I've verified that I've checked to "Accept cookies from sites to enable Cookies," but it doesn't seem to matter. Suddenly no site (using my laptop version of FF 3.6.1.) will take my passwords. They are valid. I can boot up my desktop (same version) and everything is fine. I was in a private browsing session. Things seemed fine. I came out of it. Things seemed fine. I rebooted--and I can't logon to a variety of sites, including Y-mail. Facebook works for some reason. Any ideas? Thanks in advance

Can you drag links (e.g. bookmark or history items) in one of the slots?
Are you keeping history?
Make sure that you do not run Firefox in (permanent) Private Browsing mode (Never Remember History).
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Private+Browsing
*Edit > Preferences > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history"
*Deselect: [ ] "Always use private browsing mode"
You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database file in the Firefox profile folder.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file
Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.
See "Creating a profile":
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Profile_issues
If the new profile works then you can transfer some files from an existing profile to the new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

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